printable

[prin-tuh-buh l]

adjective

capable of being printed.

suitable for publication; fit to print.

Origin of printable

First recorded in 1830–40; print + -able

Related formsprint·a·bil·i·ty, print·a·ble·ness, nounnon·print·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for printable

Contemporary Examples of printable

Below the image it says, "Click here to download a printable copy."
I'm Sorry, Follks, But This Really and Truly IS Wimpy
Michael Tomasky
August 2, 2012
For one, many of the “printable” brackets are really not printable.
Bracketology with Jimmy Kimmel
Pat O'Brien
March 16, 2009

Historical Examples of printable

It was "printable," and it did come out in print—that was something!
Missy
Dana Gatlin
They were told in language not to be found in any printable book.
Sea Warfare
Rudyard Kipling
This is not what Callahan said: it is merely a printable paraphrase of his rejoinder.
The Grafters
Francis Lynde
I can write little that is printable about these aesthetic crimes.
War and the Future
H. G. Wells
That appealed to me as printable, but where to put it in the paper?
How To Write Special Feature Articles
Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

British Dictionary definitions for printable

printable

adjective

capable of being printed or of producing a print

suitable for publication

Derived Formsprintability or printableness, noun

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Word Origin and History for printable

adj.

1820 as "capable of being printed;" 1838 as "suitable to be published in print," from print (v.) + -able. Related: Printability.